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Eosilphites decoratus

Insecta - Coleoptera - Agyrtidae

Taxonomy
Eosilphites decoratus was named by Haupt (1950). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Geiseltal (Halle collection), which is in a Lutetian mire/swamp lignite/shale in Germany. It is the type species of Eosilphites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Eosilphites decoratus Haupt p. 53 fig. 23,24
1956Eosilphites decoratus Haupt p. 39
2020Eosilphites decoratus Strelnikova et al. p. 627

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyAgyrtidaeThomson 1859
genusEosilphites
speciesdecoratus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eosilphites decoratus Haupt 1950
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available